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Why are 23% households without power when 99.5% villages have electricity?

This story is from October 2, 2017

Why are 23% households without power when 99.5% villages have electricity?

TNN | Updated: Oct 2, 2017, 18:30 IST

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PM Modi recently promised that by December 2018, 41 million families in rural India without a power connection will have one. Here's the status in India's villagesHow is village electrification different from that of a household?A village is considered electrified if 10% of its households have electricity connection, and hence there is a considerable scope that many families may not have electricity despite being located in an electrified village. According to Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana website, there are only 0.5% un-electrified villages in the country while 23% households are yet to get electricity. In some states, nearly all households have electricity, while there are others with significant village electrification but many house holds without power. Does providing an electricity connection itself address power problem?Despite access to electricity, a large part of India's population suffers from power shortage. As a result India's per capita consumption of electricity is far lower than similar economies. Per capita consumption of power indicates the degree of industrialisation as well as quality of life in a country.